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A bail application of two men accused of killing a sixteen year old Coligny boy, will be heard this morning at the Coligny Magistrate Court in the North West. The matter was initially set of the 9th of this month, after the presiding magistrate in the case recused himself, citing fears for his safety. Yesterday {01/05}, the North West High Court granted an urgent application to bring forward to to...

Police have shot and injure a suspect hiding inside the Nyanga Junction Shopping Centre near Manenberg last night following the release of the last 10 hostages. Police say they went back to search the centre after the hostages were freed yesterday. They also found two weapons used in a robbery at the Shoprite store. A security guard was fighting for his life last night after he was shot during a h...

The SACP says if it were in COSATU's position, it is not likely to have invited President Jacob Zuma to address the main May Day rally. Some COSATU affiliates say the labour federation's decision to invited Zuma to address the rally in Bloemfontein is not consistent with its call for him to step down. Several other rallies will take place across the country. Trade union NUMSA and the newly-formed...

COSATU is adamant that its alliance partner the ANC has deployed its president Jacob Zuma to address the main May Day rally in Bloemfontein. The Trade Federation President Sdumo Dlamini says ❝Looking at it from where you'd be standing, you'd day no this thing doesn't make sense. It's the same person on all the positions but the point here is - the ANC had deployed its president. We don't want this...

SAfm listener Felix in Nelspruit, Mpamalanga explains what economic and political freedom- says political freedom is a vehicle to economic freedom, which is now being stripped

Keeping the tri-partied alliance whole is of utmost importance says the ANC Treasurer General Dr Zweli Mkhize. He delivered a Chris Hani Memorial lecture in Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape. He also said that the concern of South Africans about the development in our polity, economy and the debate on state capture cannot be denied. Our Reporter Nkululeko Nyembezi was there and filed this report

Lungile Malinga, Equity Research Analyst at Effectus Capital Management looks at the Asian Markets Markets, Producer Price Inflation figures came out on Wednesday and Business Leadership SA says there is more pain to be felt in SA foreign direct investment after the credit rating downgrade in SA.

Several students who wrote the Multiple Examination Opportunity introduced by the department of Basic Education last year January have been left in the lerch. One of them, an SAfm listener, Lee Fearick, who sent us a message on Twitter says he wrote his last paper in July of 2016 at Sir John Adamson High School in the South of Johannesburg and is still to receive his matric results. 21 year old Fe...

The Communication Worker's Union (CWU) has added its voice in calling for President Jacob Zuma not to be allowed as a guest speaker at the May Day celebration on the 1st of May. This follows a request to COSATU by the National Education Health and Workers Union (NEHAWU) that President Zuma be replaced by an eligible leader of the ANC as the main speaker at the rally. Is this another way of showing...

23 years later, Dr Hleze Kunju's doctoral thesis, written in his home language of IsiXhosa, has been described as ground-breaking and a glimmer of hope for a decolonised and transformed education system in the country. He speaks Dr Kunju for more details on his journey of the development of indigenous languages for academic writing

Struggle Stalwart Omar Badsha says South Africa has a government that is NOT united which is making things very difficult. Speaking to Sakina Kamwendo on #AMLive said Mr Omar says we are in the middle of a crisis that needs to be well handled.

A number of opposition parties and civil society organisations will mark Freedom Day at a rally to be held in Pretoria today. The 'Reclaim our Freedom Rally' will be held under the banner of the Freedom Movement. Leaders of the UDM, the DA, OUTA, FEDUSA and the Religious Council will address the rally. The late president Nelson Mandela's personal assistant Zelda Le Grange and political activist Pr...

The Hawks have arrested a 23-year old man in Midrand for allegedly plotting to assassinate officials perceived as state capture beneficiaries. The Hawks says officers intercepted communication material of possible assassinations of several members of Cabinet, state-owned entities and other prominent South Africans. Hawks spokesperson, Hangwane Mulaudzi says the African man is a founding member of...

Police presence is expected to continue today to monitor the situation at three townships of Itsoseng, Blaaideville and Coligny in North West. Residents are demanding for the provision of basic services such as water and housing from the cash strapped Ditsobotla Local Municpality. The council has been struggling to pay its staff wages as well as service providers such as Eskom. Sakina Kamwendo cha...

Amnesty International is calling for the immediate release of Zambia's main opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema, ahead of today's bail hearing. Hichilema and his colleagues were detained three weeks ago after they allegedly failed to give way to a Presidential convoy. Amnesty International says the charges are just designed to intimidate him from doing his work. Sakina Kamwendo chats to Amnesty I...

Nadir Tokhan, Investment Analyst at 27-Four Investment Managers talks about the risk Naspers poses to South African investors and Donald Trump's plan to cut corporate taxes

Chaotic scenes have been reported at the O.R. Tambo International Airport where 350 South African Airways staff, affiliated to the South African Cabin Crew Association are picketing. The cabin crew members are demanding an increase to their R161.00 meal allowances during international trips. Sakina Kamwendo speaks Feroze Kader who is South African Cabin Crew Association Chief negotiator

Lungile Malinga, Equity Research Analyst at Effectus Capital Management looks at Asian stocks hover near two-year highs on U.S. optimism, euro steady and Reserve Bank's leading indicator up, does this mean we are going to see economic growth.

Fraud related to banking cards has seen an increase of 8 percent in the past year. Card fraud statistics released by the South African Banking Risk Information Centre, SABRIC, show that the amount recorded for fraudulent activities reached 717 million rand in 2016. The organisation says measures put in place by its members, positions the banking industry to tackle card fraud, but has conceded that...

Lungile Malinga, Equity Research Analyst at Effectus Capital Management looks at how are Asian markets looking today and what to expect from the South African markets today

The ANC and the African Independent Congress have adopted a memorandum of understanding that will regulate the coalition partnership between the two organizations. The two organizations have agreed on political cooperation in the national interest with specific reference to Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Rustenburg Local Municipality, Umkhanyakude District Municipality and other municipalit...

Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng, says the judiciary is always careful not to encroach on other arms of state. Mogoeng reacted to remarks made by some politicians that the country runs the risk of being a "juristocracy". He spoke to the media on the sidelines of the fourth Conference of Constitutional Jurisdictions of Africa which is taking place in Cape Town. Justice Mogoeng also addressed perceptio...

Cape Town High Court Judge, Siraj Desai, will hold an in loco inspection at the De Zalze Estate home of murder accused, Henri van Breda in Stellenbosch this morning. The 22-year-old Van Breda is accused of killing his parents and older brother at their home in January 2015. He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him.

Forced child marriages still exist in South Africa. Young girls, especially in rural areas such as the Eastern Cape, are vulnerable to abduction, rape, violent abuse and premature marriage under the guise of the so-called Ukuthwala Custom. The SABC recently visited some rural villages of the Eastern Cape where producer Nomawethu Solwande did a series of interviews with affected children and their...

Residents of Lenasia South have blockaded roads with burning treys and rocks in a protest against illegal land invassion. Sakina spoke to Johannesburg Metro police Wayne Minaar